Pedal



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON S. NICHOLS, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

PEDAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,974, dated November 22, 1881.

Application filed May 26, 1881 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, AARON S. NICHOLS, ofNew Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvementin Blow-Pedals for Organs; and Ido hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitue part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a front view; Fig. 2, a sectional view.

This invention relates to an improvement-in blow-pedals for organs, such as commonly used for reed-organs.

In the usual construction a floor-piece is provided below the pedals, to which the pedals are hung by common pintle-hinges or similar devices; but in all such devices a serious difficulty has arisen from the fact that the strain upon the bin gin g- 'iointfrequently breaks and disconnects the pedals. Again, the pedals are hinged to the floor of the instrument at their lower end and upon the under side, so that in case of any breakage of the straps which connect them with the bellows such breakage cannot be repaired without turning the organ over, so as to get to the under side of the pedals, to which the straps are attached.

The object of this invention is to provide a hinge or hanging upon which the pedals may turn independent of the floor and without liability of disconnection; and it consists in the arrangement of a rod transversely across the pedal-opening, and constructing the heel end ofthe pedal with a seat to rest upon said rod, so that the said rod forms the bearing on which the pedals rock, as more fully hereinafter described.

A B represent the two pedals, arranged in the pedal-openin g and between the side walls, C C. Between the side walls and near the bottom an iron or other metal rod, a, extends lower end-that is, below the point where the heel of the blower rests-s0 as to set onto the rod 0, as seen in Fig. 2, the rest or cavity taking a bearing on the rod, and so as to permit the pedal to be rocked, turned, or pressed in the usual manner.

By this construction I avoid all the difficulties heretofore existing in the hinging of blow-pedals, and am enabled to easily and readily apply the pedals in their place or remove them therefrom, as occasion may require, and without liability to accidental displacement.

I am aware that it is very old to hang a pedal upon a rod by a notch on the under side of the pedal-as, for instance, see the old and well-known Grover St Baker and other sewing-machines; but that pedal is hung upon the center, so as to rock. The rod is not arranged between two walls which inclose a pair of pedals, side by side, one for each foot, and hung at the heel-the essential features of this invention.

I claim- The hereindescribed improvement in blowpedals for organs, consisting of the red at, arranged across the pedal-opening between the two walls C C,combined with the pedals AB, each constructed with the recess 1) upon the under side below the point where the heel of the blower rests to set upon the said rod, and, with the rod, form the hinge upon which the pedals turn, substantially as described.

AARON S. NICHOLS.

Witnesses JOHN E. EARLE, LILLIAN D. ROGERS. 

